Many think that the most desirable apartments in a high-rise are on the top levels. Most apartments are originally priced to reflect this (mis)conception. Supported by our work on buyer preference and analysis of resale prices, we challenge this line of thought and...

Let’s face it, we don’t have expensive housing in Australia, we have expensive land. The average cost of residential land overtook the median cost of constructing a dwelling, across all Australian capitals, about five years ago. The difference between the two...

Recent comments from BNZ’s confidence survey results issued at the end of March around the property market included: Real estate appears weak with few buyers; Things appear to be on hold until the budget in May due to the tax changes; The comments from the survey in...

House prices in Auckland and nationally are up and agents say a rosier picture of the market is finally beginning to emerge. Auckland prices rose from a median $420,000 in September to $433,000 last month and the national median nudged up from $330,000 to $335,000....

I read the following article in todays Herald. This kind of news is exciting if you are an investor. The amazing thing is that in a city with 1.4 million people we only have 34 developments under construction. That is amazing and spells an upcoming shortage of space....

Well it’s been a miserable few months for investors in some finance companies and of course even sadder is the fact that many of those who invested were people who could ill afford to lose their savings. 18 months ago I had written in the Kiwi Property Investor...